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straight

adjective as in orderly

adjective as in unmixed

adjective as in conventional, square

adverb as in honestly

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Furthermore, employment data for October indicated the economy added jobs for a second straight month, and the unemployment rate dropped to 6.9% from 7.1%.

It’s a hint to think about the risks of straying from the straight and narrow, and the hellfire that comes with a slip.

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The ECB last month left its key rate at 2% for the third straight meeting, with inflation close to its target.

Tan, the college senior who had straight A’s in high school, says she sleeps about six hours per night, though during some stretches of college it has been three or four.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average also rose for its third straight session, jumping 1.2%, or around 559 points, to its 16th record close of the year.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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